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I am a creature of habit so I tend to go to the grocery store and buy the same things every week. This also means I tend to make the same recipes week after week. I have been making a concerted effort to try at least a couple new recipes each week which has forced me to buy some new or different things from the grocery store. You can compare last week to this week and see that the list is largely the same. I also had some things left over from last week, so I didn’t have to buy as much this week.

I found a recipe on Pinterest for homemade, fermented salsa. The recipe was really easy and I learned about the fermenting process, which is not at all what I thought it was. So I decided to give it a try. We eat a lot of salsa and other than a little bit of yogurt and some pickles or sauerkraut, we don’t eat a ton of fermented foods which are very important. So I made the salsa last night and it is currently sitting in jars on my kitchen counter. If you are curious, check out the recipe that I used. It was very easy but my concern is the need for a steady room temperature. The temperature in our apartment can fluctuate as much as 10 degrees a day, so hopefully that won’t be a problem!

If you have ever made fermented salsa, or anything else, let me know! I really want to try pickles and maybe red onions next if this goes well.

We went to the grocery store last weekend to prep for this week (which is now almost over!). There are a few great grocery store options in the Hudson Valley area: Adams Fairacre Farms, DeCicco’s and even Stop and Shop can be a good resource as they stock a lot of organic and all natural products.

Here is a list of the things that we bought this weekend:

Vegetables (all organic)

broccoli

spinach

red leaf lettuce

iceberg lettuce (makes great “wraps”!)

tomatoes

lemons

avocado

red/ yellow peppers

cucumbers

celery

Dairy

raw cheddar cheese

raw pepper jack cheese

free range eggs

feta cheese

raw butter

Poultry

all natural/free range whole chicken

all natural/free range split chicken breasts (bone-in, skin-on)

Other

Himalayan Pink Salt – (great source of minerals and tastes delish!)

organic dried banana chips

organic raisins

organic, all natural mayonnaise

chipotle “ketchup” (its an all-natural ketchup without the added sugar)

fresh salsa

fresh guacamole

We went to DeCicco’s in Brewster for all this stuff. I love going to DeCicco’s! They always have interesting things that you can’t find elsewhere and they are pretty reasonably priced, especially considering the quality.

I mentioned this in a previous post but here it is again: about 6+ months ago, we bought the meat from a whole cow, which we split with 3 other families. We got a variety of cuts of meat that totaled 1/4 cow – it is organic, grass-fed beef which we don’t have to include on our regular grocery list each week. The quality of the meat is outstanding and as someone who does not like beef, its very good! NorthStar Sports does have a selection of cuts of meat at a very reasonable price – if you want to try it or just don’t have room in your freezer for a couple hundred pounds of beef, they are happy to sell you some from their stock.

I hope this is helpful! As always, let me know if you have questions 🙂